---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - FOOD DONATIONS (Repeals the current chapter of the general laws regarding immunity for food donors to food banks, and would adopt a new chapter with comprehensive immunity provisions for persons involved in donating food to food banks.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - FOOD DONATIONS (Repeals the current chapter of the general laws regarding immunity for food donors to food banks, and would adopt a new chapter with comprehensive immunity provisions for persons involved in donating food to food banks.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5322"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5322 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maldonado", "Marszalkowski", "McKiernan", "Millea", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/293e5a0c-0708-48fa-93fd-fd2a939bf809"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "63799618dc7e306303b622bc41c89567590f503ddd17740779cfe254eb5910a8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 5322 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - FOOD DONATIONS (Repeals the current chapter of the general laws regarding immunity for food donors to food banks, and would adopt a new chapter with comprehensive immunity provisions for persons involved in donating food to food banks.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5322 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5322aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- McKiernan — primary (person)
- Millea — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2019)
- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2019)
- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** 04/15/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/25/2019)
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/293e5a0c-0708-48fa-93fd-fd2a939bf809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).